Perpetual-flower urn



l. T. WELCH.

PERPETUAL FLOWER URN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.16, 1921.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922'.

ISAAC T. WELCI-I, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

PERPETUAL-FLOWER URN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

Application filed December 16, 1921. Serial No. 522,961.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo T. WELCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Perpetual-Flower Urn, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to flower urns adapted to be hermetically sealed and in which a truncated spherical globe is employedwith a split holding ring and base supported upon a suitable frame; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a flower urn for cemetery and other decorations which will suitably hold artifical or perpetual flowers; second, to provide such an urn having a truncated spherical globe so that such flowers contained therein can be seen except where they are supported from beneath; third, to provide such a receptacle that can be hermetically sealed when put together so as to keep out all dust, vapor, or deteriorating substances; and fourth, to provide such a perpetual flower urn with a suitable support or frame upon which may be placed memorial plates or inscriptions.

I attain these objects by the device and structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a cross-section of the truncatedspherical globe and base and of the supporting means shown in Fig. 2 and V the side elevation of a supporting frame work; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one form of the structure; Fig. 3 is a cross-section in detail of the base parted ring and a portion of the truncated spherical globe; Fig. 4: is a bottom plan of the parted holding ring; Fig. 5 is a section of the ring shown in Fig. 4.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A truncated transparent and nearly spherical globe g, is employed as a holding and covering means. Into the globe g, is placed suitable flowers or other decorative forms 7,

which are suitably fastened to a base 6. A ring composed of two parts 1 and 1- is employed to encompass a neck or flange of the globe g. The ring r-r is made in a parted form so that the same may be placed around the neck of the globe g.' The two parts of the ring 1"1" may be held together by suitable bolts Z). The ring 1'-1" has suitable projections as a-a to which the base 6, may be screwed. Between the base 6, and the neck or flange portion of the globe g, and

between the ring 4?' and the neck of the globe g, may be placed packing rings or suitable material as n and m for the purpose of sealing the joint about the opening in the globe g. In Figs. 1 and 2 the pedestal supporting the globe g, and its ring and base r1-, 6 is shown solid in form over a frame work having legs cl and (Z; this pedestal may be made in any number of forms as t or the frame havin legs d-0l may be used without the covering 25 as may be desired. A suitable plate 19, may be provided on the pedestal when the covering 23 is used or attached to the legs dal when no covering is used upon which suitable memorial words ma be molded, raised, or imprinted.

suitable globe g, is arranged with a neck or flange adapted to be held in a ring composed of two parts 1* and r. The ring r-r is placed about the neck or flange of the globe g. The bolts of which the bolt b, is an illustration, are used to screw the two parts of the ring 1" and 7' together, the portions'of the ring 1 and 1" each having suitable lugs to receive the said bolt 5. Attached to the base e are placed suitable flowers or decorations neck of the globe 9, suitable packing rings m and n are placed on either side of the neck or flange c, of the globe g; to the pedestal is attached a memorial plate when desired.

The frame of which two legs are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, as d-d may be set into the ground or cement for the purpose of holding the urn in place.

Because there would be present in a transparent globe g, perpetual, flowers or other decorative Work which is adapted to be placed out-of-doors or elsewhere for decorative memorial purposes thereof, I do not confine my inventiofi to any single purpose, the same being adapted to any use where an urn is desired for the perpetual display of artificial or other flowers or decorative work that needs protection from the dust and elements.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a memorial urn; a transparent, truncated globe; a flange on said globe; at parted, flanged ring encircling the neck of said globe over the flange of said globe; a base engaging said ring against the flange of said globe; and artificial flowers or other decorative Work attached to said base and extending into the said truncated globe.

2. I In a memorial urn; a transparent,truncatedglobe; a flange on said globe; a parted, flanged ring encircling the neck of said globe over the flange of said globe; a base engaging said ring against the flange of said globe; artificial flowers or other decorative Work attached to said base and extending into the said truncated globe; and a means of support for said urn attached to said base.

3. In a memorial urn; a transparent, truncated globe; a flange on said globe; a parted,

flanged ring encircling the neck of said globe over the flange of said globe; a base engaging said ring against the flange of said globe; one or more packing rings between the flange on said globe, the flange of said parted ring, and said base; artificial flowers or other decorative Work attached to said base and extending into the said truncated globe; and a means of support for said urn attached to said base.

ISAAC T. WELCH. 

